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Mikhail Gorbachev: Soviet Union’s final president who changed world history

‘An epoch in world history came to an end directly as a result of his actions’

The Independent UK

Timeline: The Gorbachev era and the collapse of the Soviet Union

Here is a timeline of some key events over the nearly seven years that Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday at age 91, held power in the Soviet Union.

Reuters

Gorbachev ended Cold War but presided over Soviet collapse

Lauded in the West as the man who helped bring down the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War without bloodshed, Mikhail Gorbachev was widely despised at home as the gravedigger of the communist Soviet Union.

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In Pictures: Man who helped end the Cold War was feted in the west

The lifelong communist took the reins at a tense time in the Cold War but eventually presided over the demise of the Soviet Union.

The Independent UK

Amazon, Starbucks worker wins recall earlier period of union success – when Central American migrants also expanded US labor movement

Tech workers, warehouse employees and baristas have notched many victories in recent months at major U.S. companies long deemed long shots for unions, including Apple, Amazon and Starbucks.

The Conversation

Biden’s accomplishments match up well with well-regarded former presidents

Biden has governed from the center and remained sensitive to important issues affecting voters on the left and right.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gun prevalence rooted in old divisions

A new study finds a peculiar correlation between rate of enslavement in the past and firearm ownership now

Salon

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Plan for iconic California park pits housing against history

California's eclectic city of Berkeley is renowned for its tie-dyed hippies and high-brow intellectuals, and now it's experiencing a 1960s flashback triggered by People’s Park

The Independent UK

The inside story of the CIA v Russia – from cold war conspiracy to 'black' propaganda in Ukraine

In the early 1990s, Senator Patrick Moynihan campaigned for the abolition of the CIA. The brilliant campaigner thought the US Department of State should take over its intelligence functions. For him, the age of secrecy was over.

The Conversation

A former whistleblower explains the dangers of Canada's feeble whistleblowing laws

Canada has had whistleblowing laws since 2007, when the federal government’s Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA) came into force. All provinces have followed suit, most adopting modified versions of the PSDPA.

The Conversation

Nicholas Goldberg: Will California keep its 150-year-old promise to keep UC affordable?

In a letter to The Times in May, Ralph Jones of Riverside reminisced about how easy and cheap it was to go to the University of California in the old days.

Los Angeles Times

Fauci to step down in December after decades of public service

Dr. Anthony Fauci helped guide the U.S. through the COVID crisis, and earlier in his career played a key role in the response to AIDS. He has served under seven presidents.

WEKU

Nolan Finley: Mike Rogers may make presidential run

The Iowa State Fair draws presidential wannabes like cows draw flies.

Tribune News Service

‘You’re not patriots’: Judge throws the book at Jan 6 rioter as he rambles about Reagan in court

The judge was not impressed by the defendant’s appeals to patriotism

The Independent UK

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Biden Shouldn't Meet Xi Jinping in China. He Should Do It in America.

The U.S. may not realize it, but it has the upper hand. It turns out communism doesn't work.

Chicago Sun-Times

Solid Netflix doc takes no sides in revisiting Manti Te’o and his girlfriend hoax

Two-part ‘Untold’ film reveals pain still felt by the former Notre Dame linebacker as well as the remorse of the catfisher who duped him.

The Conversation

Explainer: how neoliberalism became an insult in Australian politics

The much-debated term “neoliberalism” again entered the political debate last week, with Greens leader Adam Bandt using a National Press Club speech to decry neoliberalism in the Labor Party.

The Guardian - UK

Biden can still stop Trump, and Trumpism – if he can find a bold plan and moral vision

The US president is struggling and his divisive rival still has the Republican party in his grip. But there are reasons for hope, says Guardian US columnist Robert Reich

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Iconic The Virginian actor Clu Gulager dies 'surrounded by loving family'

Clu Gulager, 93, was best known for The Virginian but also appeared in The Return of the Living Dead and starred alongside Ronald Reagan, Paul Newman, Lee Marvin and John Wayne

Chicago Sun-Times

Baseball trivia in search of a theme

Before taking this quiz, let’s take a moment to honor Tony Dow, ‘Leave it to Beaver’ and its evocative tune

Salon

Boebert on monkeypox and "zombie Reagan"

In an interview on BlazeTV’s "The News & Why it Matters," Boebert echoes Reagan's views on federal guidance

Reason

Viktor Orbán Flatters Republicans With the Lie That Progressive Liberals and Communists Are 'the Same'

The Hungarian prime minister also makes the historically illiterate claim that Christians can't be racist.

The Conversation

What is neoliberalism? A political scientist explains the use and evolution of the term

Neoliberalism is a complex concept that many people use – and overuse – in different and often conflicting ways.

The Conversation

Inflation rates are rising in the US – an economist explains why

Consumer prices in the U.S. are rising due to inflation at the fastest rate they have in decades. Earlier this summer, SciLine interviewed Martha Olney, a teaching professor emerita of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, about what’s causing prices to rise and what the government can do to…

Reason

The Conservative Case for Sanctuary Cities and States

Political scientist David Leal explains why conservatives should reject efforts to compel states and localities to help enforce federal laws these jurisdictions oppose.

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